Well everyone, I'm bringing this story to a close, but this isn't the last
of the Michelle and Ethan saga! I mean you still have to figure in that now
Ivy can't stand her, and how will that play out in the sequel?
I like to call it Winthrops vs. Smiths, and it will expose more of Michelle's past, along with some new rivalries, and some old ones, so stay tuned, I have plans for this couple, along with every other couple in the story!
Ethan was blindfolded walking into the Den of his home. Fox was on one side, and Chad was on the other. Luis, Sam, Miguel, Michael (Michelle's brother), and oddly enough Julian, were in the den waiting.
"SURPRISE!", they yelled.
"Wow, wait how did you get here?"
"Well, long story short, it was Michelle and her work that got me here on extremely early parole", he explained.
"You don't mind me asking, or being nervous, but why are you here?", Ethan said.
"Ethan, I have changed, more than you know. After everything was revealed, and everyone knew my secret, I figured I could be myself, and now that Alistair is gone, I figure that I could be more how I wanted my life to turn out. I understand you or anyone else may not want me here, so I think I may be going, I just want to wish you the best happiness", he said standing.
"Julian, I know we may have never saw eye to eye, but stay, you were victimized by Ivy too, you didn't know about Ethan, until 29 years later. You helped us put this together. Come on, you are being ridiculous, sit down", Sam said.
"You guys sure?", he asked.
"Yeah, we are here to play some poker, sit, besides it wouldn't be the same", Luis said.
Julian sat down, and grinned. He wanted his life like this for a while, but never could have it due to being a ruthless Crane. Now, thanks to Michelle, he had a fresh start, and just maybe one with a Dr. Eve Johnson.
~Lopez-Fitzgerald Mansion~
"Alright! Keep them closed, you better not look!", Sheridan said to Michelle.
"Remember, I can't drink, so be careful", she said feeling around.
She heard giggling of some of the guests. Sheridan was able to track down some of her friends from college, and she invited Theresa, Pilar, Whitney, Simone, Eve, and Ivy. She was a little worried about Ivy, but she helped put these two together. Theresa and Pilar sneered at her, but promised to be nice for Michelle.
"And here we are!", she said ripping the blindfold off.
Michelle wanted to cry. Everyone dear to her heart was here, and it meant so much to her that she was marrying her true love tomorrow, but this was so beautiful for them planning in a short notice.
"You.......all of you......thank you so much, this means so much to me. I know that a lot has happened since I arrived here, but I know that everyone in some ways are happy with their lives now", she said.
"We are, and frankly, we owed you this. You were the sunrays we all been praying for sometime", Pilar said.
She hugged her, and Ivy rolled her eyes at the gesture.
"You know, you should be happy that she is here, she got rid of Alistair, and Rebecca for you", Theresa whispered.
"I'm happy for her, just she also pushed your mother and Sam together in the process, and made me lose my son, along with my possible daughter or son", she sneered.
"How does it feel? Knowing everything and everyone you love is taken away from you? Knowing that the love of your life is seeing someone else, a good friend might I add", Theresa taunted.
"Still want Ethan, don't you?"
"I love Ethan, in a different way, he gave me my life back, but no I don't want him. I see what he and Michelle have, is what I hope for in my life someday. Right now, it's about my son and my career".
"I know you are seeing Chad Crane, you don't have to hide the fact you are using him, like you used my son Fox".
"Ivy, you know nothing like usual, with that, take a long look over there, because my mother and Michelle will be the new Mrs. Bennetts in those men's' lives, and there is nothing you can do about it, trust me on that", Theresa said smiling.
Ivy looked over to the table, where Pilar and Michelle were sitting, and they were laughing with everyone.
"I will have Sam, and if that means I will go after Pilar and my son's wife, so be it".
~Outside~
She was looking in, and couldn't believe she got released on a technicality. She was so happy, she could work on getting her husband back. Now that she and her rival's ex were free on parole, nothing could stop her from having everything she had before.
"Hey, I see her, she's at her party, and enjoying that fact she and my husband are marrying", she said into the phone.
"You mean ex, and I know, I see him laughing with Julian Crane of all people".
"Well, we will split them up as best as we can, starting tomorrow, remember, no killing, as long as they live, it will be better".
"Right, tomorrow".
"Bye".
The parties continued, and the women talked and gave her good wishes for tomorrow. Sheridan was her maid of honor, and Luis was his. They grew close after everything that happened, and he considered each other brothers. They ended their parties at midnight so the bride and groom could get rest, and left to their camps. Michelle lay down in Sheridan's guest room, so hyper and excited. Ethan was lying in his room excited too. Both thinking about the same thing, how they waited for the right time to be reunited, and now that it was actually happening, it was unbelievable.
She reached for the phone, and dialed the house number.
"Hello?", Ethan said.
"Hey".
"You should be asleep?"
"So should you?"
"Okay, fair enough. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, excited, that's all".
"Same here, I can't wait for you to become my wife".
She blushed, and smiled.
"We better get to sleep, before we get caught", she answered.
"I know, Luis is knocking at my door, he knows it's you".
"Okay, I love you Ethan".
"I love you too Michelle".
They hung up, and tried going to sleep. Luis decided to sleep in the chair, guarding the phone, and Sheridan did the same at the cottage.
~Wedding day, hour before~
Ethan paced the area they chose to marry. It was a secluded area of the Lopez-Fitzgerald grounds. He and she talked to Theresa, and they all decided to not marry in the church, with all the doomsday weddings that took place their, they chose something different. Luis watched him pace, and laughed.
"I never seen you so nervous, not even when you and Theresa almost married".
"This is different, it's more of a nervous that something will happen. Michelle and I created some serious enemies putting the Cranes away", he said nervously.
"Don't worry, Sam and I hired the best to take care of that, we knew that there could be a possible threat of some sort, so we took care of it, you gave me something back, and this is my way of paying you back, alright, just calm down, and wait for you're new bride", he grinned.
"Thanks Luis".
"No problem, just take care of her, she has been such a help to a lot of us, to this town".
"Trust me, I envisioned this day forever".
~Sheridan's Cottage~
"You look fabulous", Theresa said.
"She's right, Whitney did a wonderful job helping you. I mean wow", Sheridan said.
"I know, we have become the closest of friends, I consider like a sister", Michelle said standing.
"Okay, it's my turn to help you, time for the dress", Sheridan said.
"Okay, the something borrowed is the pearl earrings Sheridan gave me, something new is the necklace Theresa gave to me, and the something blue? I'm missing something blue! Oh god! What am I going to use for something blue!"
She began to shake, and Sheridan sat her down in the chair. Simone came over, and handed her something her mother gave to her.
"It's a blue blanket. It was Chad's, and she wanted Whitney, Chad, and I to have a piece of it each. I have my piece to give to you. Her story, and yours are so similar, and I know somewhere in her heart she did love my father at one time, but her true love was taken from her. So of all people we know how it can be married to someone you love just as a friend, but now you have Ethan, and you'll never be apart. You two are destined to be together, as Theresa would say, and I hope this helps, and we all wish you the best today', Simone said hugging her.
"Simone, I'm so sorry I crushed your family like that, I just wanted everyone to know about Alistair so bad, I didn't think of the results".
"Michelle, you always think of the results, or you wouldn't have done this for us. Please, you have made us all happy, right girls?", Sheridan asked.
"Right", they agreed.
"Now come, we have to get you married today", Pilar said.
They finished helping her, and they made their way outside. She asked her brother to walk her down the aisle, and give her away. That was her rock, they been though so much together, and he knew of Ethan. He saw how in love they were, and wanted them to be happy. He walked in, and Michelle turned around.
"Sis, you look so beautiful", he said.
"I hope so, I did pay a lot to look this good", she joked.
"You ready, your knight in shinning armor is waiting for you", he said extending his hand.
"Yeah let's go".
The wedding march started, and she made her way down the aisle. As she walked, her brother asked her about Charity.
"I noticed the blonde sitting next to Sam, who was she?"
"Charity Standish, Grace's niece, it's a long story, I tell you later, why?"
"She's very pretty".
"Little brother has a crush".
"Just wanted a date, that's all".
"Remember, Ethan is found of Charity, and if you hurt her, he'll come after you".
"Alright, ready?"
"Yup".
He handed her over to Ethan, and he was in shock. It was their day, the day they dreamed of since their meeting in college, it was finally here.
~Flashback~
They kissed as they shut the bedroom door, and she ran her hands through his hands. An extreme turn on for him, and he was up blouse. It was the Independence Day dance at the Bradfords. She knew he would be there, with Gwen, and that she would be there, with her new husband, Steven.
"Shelle...."
"Ethan, I want you so badly".
"I do too. We can't, you're married, and Gwen is downstairs".
"I don't care, I miss you terribly".
"I love you, remember, we will be together, in due time".
"You are engaged to Gwen, and Theresa is planning your wedding".
"I know, don't worry, I will be with you".
She stopped and walked around. She heard he was seen with Theresa, around Harmony, and that they were close. The other rumors, she didn't believe, because Theresa was a good girl, she would never sleep with Ethan for the Crane money, not like Gwen. He watched her pace, and he begin to worry.
"Ethan be straight with me, okay?"
"Okay".
"You like Theresa, right?"
"Yeah, she and I are good friends".
"No, no, you really like her. Stop the Crane attitude, this is Shelle you are talking to, honestly, do you?"
"Yeah, I do, she is like you in some ways, and frankly, we've grown close in the past couple months".
"Would you marry her?"
"I can't".
"Would you?"
"If I could, yes, but the merger is dependant on my marriage to".
"Break it off, trust me, if I had the chance, I would have. Don't make the same mistake. If she is the closest thing you have to me, please, do it, for me".
"Michelle, what's wrong?"
She was teary eyed, and looking at his sweet face. She wanted him for herself, but Steven was binding her love for him. Now she was expecting, and she felt turning him away would be best. Now that he admitted he loved someone like her, it would help her get along in her life. At least he could be happy.
"Nothing, we need to go downstairs, I have to present the check to Julian. Think about what I said, okay?"
"Okay, just one kiss before I leave".
They kissed, and a tear feel down her cheek. She left the room, and made her way down to the ballroom. Running into Gwen.
"Snatching my fiancée are you?"
"No, I would look somewhere else if I were you. Word is Ethan is marrying you for business, and if you continue to be a bitch, he may just call it off", she said storming past her.
Rebecca came to talk to Gwen.
"Where is Ethan? He and Julian are supposed to do a photo op with Michelle and her father".
"Kissing with her, mother, this has gone on for years now".
"You are marrying him, not her, she got her hands on that hunky man of hers, Steven, trust me that was my next choice, Gwennie".
"He is handsome, anyways, let's go".
Ethan listened in, and couldn't believe it. Michelle was right about Gwen, and he was going to act on his emotions, tomorrow night at their engagement party.
She stood there, as he said his vows to her. Admiring every word and syllable he said.
"And do you Michelle Bradford take Ethan Winthrop to be your husband?"
"I do".
"By the power invested in me, by the state of Maine, I pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride", the judge said.
They kissed, and then she saw them, the two people, she never wanted to see in her life.
"Well, well, well, the lovers finally married! I say it's about damn time", Steven said at the end of the aisle with Gwen grinning.
"What the hell?", Ethan said.
"We came to wish are exs the best, right Gwen?"
"I didn't, I came to get my husband back".
"Right, we came to get our exs back, due to the fact that I own half of Bradford enterprises, she told you that, right?"
Ethan was speechless. Michelle was also in shock. Nothing could prepare them for the next blow.
"And that we don't want you to back, we want to take you and the Lopez- Fitzgeralds down, with that said, Steven and I are more than Business Partners, we are husband and wife", she declared.
The crowd was in shock, and it was a new battle for Ethan and Michelle.
To be continued.............
I like to call it Winthrops vs. Smiths, and it will expose more of Michelle's past, along with some new rivalries, and some old ones, so stay tuned, I have plans for this couple, along with every other couple in the story!
Ethan was blindfolded walking into the Den of his home. Fox was on one side, and Chad was on the other. Luis, Sam, Miguel, Michael (Michelle's brother), and oddly enough Julian, were in the den waiting.
"SURPRISE!", they yelled.
"Wow, wait how did you get here?"
"Well, long story short, it was Michelle and her work that got me here on extremely early parole", he explained.
"You don't mind me asking, or being nervous, but why are you here?", Ethan said.
"Ethan, I have changed, more than you know. After everything was revealed, and everyone knew my secret, I figured I could be myself, and now that Alistair is gone, I figure that I could be more how I wanted my life to turn out. I understand you or anyone else may not want me here, so I think I may be going, I just want to wish you the best happiness", he said standing.
"Julian, I know we may have never saw eye to eye, but stay, you were victimized by Ivy too, you didn't know about Ethan, until 29 years later. You helped us put this together. Come on, you are being ridiculous, sit down", Sam said.
"You guys sure?", he asked.
"Yeah, we are here to play some poker, sit, besides it wouldn't be the same", Luis said.
Julian sat down, and grinned. He wanted his life like this for a while, but never could have it due to being a ruthless Crane. Now, thanks to Michelle, he had a fresh start, and just maybe one with a Dr. Eve Johnson.
~Lopez-Fitzgerald Mansion~
"Alright! Keep them closed, you better not look!", Sheridan said to Michelle.
"Remember, I can't drink, so be careful", she said feeling around.
She heard giggling of some of the guests. Sheridan was able to track down some of her friends from college, and she invited Theresa, Pilar, Whitney, Simone, Eve, and Ivy. She was a little worried about Ivy, but she helped put these two together. Theresa and Pilar sneered at her, but promised to be nice for Michelle.
"And here we are!", she said ripping the blindfold off.
Michelle wanted to cry. Everyone dear to her heart was here, and it meant so much to her that she was marrying her true love tomorrow, but this was so beautiful for them planning in a short notice.
"You.......all of you......thank you so much, this means so much to me. I know that a lot has happened since I arrived here, but I know that everyone in some ways are happy with their lives now", she said.
"We are, and frankly, we owed you this. You were the sunrays we all been praying for sometime", Pilar said.
She hugged her, and Ivy rolled her eyes at the gesture.
"You know, you should be happy that she is here, she got rid of Alistair, and Rebecca for you", Theresa whispered.
"I'm happy for her, just she also pushed your mother and Sam together in the process, and made me lose my son, along with my possible daughter or son", she sneered.
"How does it feel? Knowing everything and everyone you love is taken away from you? Knowing that the love of your life is seeing someone else, a good friend might I add", Theresa taunted.
"Still want Ethan, don't you?"
"I love Ethan, in a different way, he gave me my life back, but no I don't want him. I see what he and Michelle have, is what I hope for in my life someday. Right now, it's about my son and my career".
"I know you are seeing Chad Crane, you don't have to hide the fact you are using him, like you used my son Fox".
"Ivy, you know nothing like usual, with that, take a long look over there, because my mother and Michelle will be the new Mrs. Bennetts in those men's' lives, and there is nothing you can do about it, trust me on that", Theresa said smiling.
Ivy looked over to the table, where Pilar and Michelle were sitting, and they were laughing with everyone.
"I will have Sam, and if that means I will go after Pilar and my son's wife, so be it".
~Outside~
She was looking in, and couldn't believe she got released on a technicality. She was so happy, she could work on getting her husband back. Now that she and her rival's ex were free on parole, nothing could stop her from having everything she had before.
"Hey, I see her, she's at her party, and enjoying that fact she and my husband are marrying", she said into the phone.
"You mean ex, and I know, I see him laughing with Julian Crane of all people".
"Well, we will split them up as best as we can, starting tomorrow, remember, no killing, as long as they live, it will be better".
"Right, tomorrow".
"Bye".
The parties continued, and the women talked and gave her good wishes for tomorrow. Sheridan was her maid of honor, and Luis was his. They grew close after everything that happened, and he considered each other brothers. They ended their parties at midnight so the bride and groom could get rest, and left to their camps. Michelle lay down in Sheridan's guest room, so hyper and excited. Ethan was lying in his room excited too. Both thinking about the same thing, how they waited for the right time to be reunited, and now that it was actually happening, it was unbelievable.
She reached for the phone, and dialed the house number.
"Hello?", Ethan said.
"Hey".
"You should be asleep?"
"So should you?"
"Okay, fair enough. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, excited, that's all".
"Same here, I can't wait for you to become my wife".
She blushed, and smiled.
"We better get to sleep, before we get caught", she answered.
"I know, Luis is knocking at my door, he knows it's you".
"Okay, I love you Ethan".
"I love you too Michelle".
They hung up, and tried going to sleep. Luis decided to sleep in the chair, guarding the phone, and Sheridan did the same at the cottage.
~Wedding day, hour before~
Ethan paced the area they chose to marry. It was a secluded area of the Lopez-Fitzgerald grounds. He and she talked to Theresa, and they all decided to not marry in the church, with all the doomsday weddings that took place their, they chose something different. Luis watched him pace, and laughed.
"I never seen you so nervous, not even when you and Theresa almost married".
"This is different, it's more of a nervous that something will happen. Michelle and I created some serious enemies putting the Cranes away", he said nervously.
"Don't worry, Sam and I hired the best to take care of that, we knew that there could be a possible threat of some sort, so we took care of it, you gave me something back, and this is my way of paying you back, alright, just calm down, and wait for you're new bride", he grinned.
"Thanks Luis".
"No problem, just take care of her, she has been such a help to a lot of us, to this town".
"Trust me, I envisioned this day forever".
~Sheridan's Cottage~
"You look fabulous", Theresa said.
"She's right, Whitney did a wonderful job helping you. I mean wow", Sheridan said.
"I know, we have become the closest of friends, I consider like a sister", Michelle said standing.
"Okay, it's my turn to help you, time for the dress", Sheridan said.
"Okay, the something borrowed is the pearl earrings Sheridan gave me, something new is the necklace Theresa gave to me, and the something blue? I'm missing something blue! Oh god! What am I going to use for something blue!"
She began to shake, and Sheridan sat her down in the chair. Simone came over, and handed her something her mother gave to her.
"It's a blue blanket. It was Chad's, and she wanted Whitney, Chad, and I to have a piece of it each. I have my piece to give to you. Her story, and yours are so similar, and I know somewhere in her heart she did love my father at one time, but her true love was taken from her. So of all people we know how it can be married to someone you love just as a friend, but now you have Ethan, and you'll never be apart. You two are destined to be together, as Theresa would say, and I hope this helps, and we all wish you the best today', Simone said hugging her.
"Simone, I'm so sorry I crushed your family like that, I just wanted everyone to know about Alistair so bad, I didn't think of the results".
"Michelle, you always think of the results, or you wouldn't have done this for us. Please, you have made us all happy, right girls?", Sheridan asked.
"Right", they agreed.
"Now come, we have to get you married today", Pilar said.
They finished helping her, and they made their way outside. She asked her brother to walk her down the aisle, and give her away. That was her rock, they been though so much together, and he knew of Ethan. He saw how in love they were, and wanted them to be happy. He walked in, and Michelle turned around.
"Sis, you look so beautiful", he said.
"I hope so, I did pay a lot to look this good", she joked.
"You ready, your knight in shinning armor is waiting for you", he said extending his hand.
"Yeah let's go".
The wedding march started, and she made her way down the aisle. As she walked, her brother asked her about Charity.
"I noticed the blonde sitting next to Sam, who was she?"
"Charity Standish, Grace's niece, it's a long story, I tell you later, why?"
"She's very pretty".
"Little brother has a crush".
"Just wanted a date, that's all".
"Remember, Ethan is found of Charity, and if you hurt her, he'll come after you".
"Alright, ready?"
"Yup".
He handed her over to Ethan, and he was in shock. It was their day, the day they dreamed of since their meeting in college, it was finally here.
~Flashback~
They kissed as they shut the bedroom door, and she ran her hands through his hands. An extreme turn on for him, and he was up blouse. It was the Independence Day dance at the Bradfords. She knew he would be there, with Gwen, and that she would be there, with her new husband, Steven.
"Shelle...."
"Ethan, I want you so badly".
"I do too. We can't, you're married, and Gwen is downstairs".
"I don't care, I miss you terribly".
"I love you, remember, we will be together, in due time".
"You are engaged to Gwen, and Theresa is planning your wedding".
"I know, don't worry, I will be with you".
She stopped and walked around. She heard he was seen with Theresa, around Harmony, and that they were close. The other rumors, she didn't believe, because Theresa was a good girl, she would never sleep with Ethan for the Crane money, not like Gwen. He watched her pace, and he begin to worry.
"Ethan be straight with me, okay?"
"Okay".
"You like Theresa, right?"
"Yeah, she and I are good friends".
"No, no, you really like her. Stop the Crane attitude, this is Shelle you are talking to, honestly, do you?"
"Yeah, I do, she is like you in some ways, and frankly, we've grown close in the past couple months".
"Would you marry her?"
"I can't".
"Would you?"
"If I could, yes, but the merger is dependant on my marriage to".
"Break it off, trust me, if I had the chance, I would have. Don't make the same mistake. If she is the closest thing you have to me, please, do it, for me".
"Michelle, what's wrong?"
She was teary eyed, and looking at his sweet face. She wanted him for herself, but Steven was binding her love for him. Now she was expecting, and she felt turning him away would be best. Now that he admitted he loved someone like her, it would help her get along in her life. At least he could be happy.
"Nothing, we need to go downstairs, I have to present the check to Julian. Think about what I said, okay?"
"Okay, just one kiss before I leave".
They kissed, and a tear feel down her cheek. She left the room, and made her way down to the ballroom. Running into Gwen.
"Snatching my fiancée are you?"
"No, I would look somewhere else if I were you. Word is Ethan is marrying you for business, and if you continue to be a bitch, he may just call it off", she said storming past her.
Rebecca came to talk to Gwen.
"Where is Ethan? He and Julian are supposed to do a photo op with Michelle and her father".
"Kissing with her, mother, this has gone on for years now".
"You are marrying him, not her, she got her hands on that hunky man of hers, Steven, trust me that was my next choice, Gwennie".
"He is handsome, anyways, let's go".
Ethan listened in, and couldn't believe it. Michelle was right about Gwen, and he was going to act on his emotions, tomorrow night at their engagement party.
She stood there, as he said his vows to her. Admiring every word and syllable he said.
"And do you Michelle Bradford take Ethan Winthrop to be your husband?"
"I do".
"By the power invested in me, by the state of Maine, I pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride", the judge said.
They kissed, and then she saw them, the two people, she never wanted to see in her life.
"Well, well, well, the lovers finally married! I say it's about damn time", Steven said at the end of the aisle with Gwen grinning.
"What the hell?", Ethan said.
"We came to wish are exs the best, right Gwen?"
"I didn't, I came to get my husband back".
"Right, we came to get our exs back, due to the fact that I own half of Bradford enterprises, she told you that, right?"
Ethan was speechless. Michelle was also in shock. Nothing could prepare them for the next blow.
"And that we don't want you to back, we want to take you and the Lopez- Fitzgeralds down, with that said, Steven and I are more than Business Partners, we are husband and wife", she declared.
The crowd was in shock, and it was a new battle for Ethan and Michelle.
To be continued.............